By SHI JING in Shanghai | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-03-20
Shanghai Global Investment Promotion Conference 2025, the annual pageant attracting more business opportunities, will be held on March 25, local officials announced during a news conference on Thursday.
An investment-themed week will start from March 25. The opening ceremony will be held in the city’s landmark Shanghai Tower. Three round-tables will be held among private enterprises, foreign companies and State-owned enterprises for discussions on investment in Shanghai, development demand and policy supply, according to Zhang Ying, director of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization.
Business matchmaking, themed activities, industry promotion, investment sharing and project roadshows will be held during the investment week, she added.
Representatives from more than 500 world leading companies, investment organizations and business associations will attend the opening ceremony, including Fortune 500 companies such as Otis, Bosch and Geely. Technology-advanced companies such as Aptiv, ZTE and Unity will also be present at the opening ceremony.
Shanghai Global Investment Promotion Conference will come to the fifth edition this year. About 580 major projects were landed in Shanghai via the conference over the past four years, with the total investment exceeding 1.1 trillion yuan ($150 billion).
Bullet points:
Major projects and results to be released during the Shanghai Global Investment Promotion Conference 2025
1.Layout map of Shanghai’s key industries, 2025 edition
2.20 key application scenarios
– Pilot demonstration area of Jiading intelligent networked vehicles
– Supporting scenarios for home-developed passenger jets
– Application scenarios of high-end shipping industry in northeastern Shanghai’s Changxing Island
3.Start the second phase of Shanghai industrial transformation fund, valued at 50 billion yuan
4.Launch the State asset-backed merger fund, valued at 50 billion yuan
Top foreign CEOs will flock to China to attend the annual China Development Forum in Beijing, Reuters reported on Monday.
Major attendees include executives of Qualcomm, FedEx, Siemens, BMW, Saudi Aramco, Rio Tinto, Nestlé, Mercedes-Benz, AstraZeneca, Estée Lauder, Citadel, Standard Chartered, KPMG, and Deutsche Bank, according to the report citing a draft agenda and sources familiar with the matter.
Top executives of several major mining, engineering and healthcare firms will also take part, according to the draft agenda, which could be subject to last-minute changes, the report said.
Compared to previous years, a higher proportion of European CEOs are represented at the event, which is scheduled to take place on March 23-24 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing this year.
Foreign direct investment in the Chinese mainland in actual use reached 171.21 billion yuan ($23.87 billion) in the first two months of 2025, according to the Ministry of Commerce.